Retainer-bar for trunks



G. H. WHEARY.

RETAINER BAR FOR TRUNKS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1 919- 1,382',70 1 Patented Jun 28, 1921.

To all who 'ntit may concern:

; UN TED STATES PATENT genomes HENRY WHEARY, or a orns, 'wIscoNs r.

" RETAINEKBAR' FOR TRUNKS.

. Application filed June 10,

Be it known that I, VHEARY, a citizen of the United States and residentof Racine, in the county o Racine and State of Wisconsin, baye ,invented new and useful Improvements in Retainer-Bars for Trunks, of whichthe following is a'description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in retainer bars for trunks.

Trunks ofthe wardrobe type have garments suspended from hangers usuallyhorizontally mounted in the. upper. portion of the wardrobe section .ofthe trunk. 'It is necessary to retain medial portions. of the garmentsand retainer barsor followers are provided for this purpose: -,Theseretainers or followers are usuallyadjustably held in position by strapsor latches of various kinds which are connected 'to the opposite sideportions of the wardrobe section. In removingor replacing'ap'parel inthe wardrobe section it is necessary in the ordinary: retainers orfollowers to entirely. remove said parts from the wardrobe section toper mit access to said section. This removal requires considerable timeand when removed there is always the possibility of the retainer beingmisplaced or lost. Furthermore the side walls of a compartment warp. toa greater or less extent and it is somewhat diflicult for aninexperienced person to connect the opposite .ends of the retainer withthe securing means mounted on the opposite sidewalls offthe wardrobesection, due to the increased or lessened distance between said walls,and itis necessary'to exert great forceto connect the parts.

It is one-of,;the=objects of the present invention .to overcome thebefore mentioned objectionable'features and provide a retainer'bar whichmay be easily detached from one side of the trunk and be swung and:folded to .an .out of the way position whileostill attached the trunksection.

A -.further object of the invention is toprovide a retainer bar whichmay be easily extended or con'tracted to compensate for thezvaryingdistances apart ofthe side walls ofithe=wardrobe-section.

.A,.-further object .of, the invention is to providen retainerbarinwhich' one end portion--thereof is, automatically, 'adjustablyGEORGE HE R-y I Specification of Letters Patent. Pa;tented J g-g 1921 l1919. Serial No. 303,098.,

it locked against outward movementto one of the side portions of thewardrobe section.

A further object of the invention-is to provide a retainer bar whichymaybe. ad-Q justably locked to the side portions of the trunk at differentpoints and against out? ward movement I inwardly.

A further object of the invention is provide a retainer bar which is ofsimple construction, is strong and durable,:and -is.

well adaptedfor the purpose described.

With the above and other objects in view;

the invention consists of theimproved -retainer, bar audits parts andcombinations as set forth in i V thereof.

-In the accompanying. drawing the same reference characters indicate,the:

7,5; P on f. a wardrobe trunk provided with the im;

same parts in all of the views;

Figure 1 is a front view of a proved retainer bar; Y

.Fig; 2 is a horizontal sectional view, OIL a larger scale, taken online 22 of Fig, 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectionaldetail view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2 and on alarger scale, showingtheretainer bar in folded position and swung to oneside of the wardrobe section;

the line 4-4 of Fig.1;and I Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the ingbolt in an intermediate PQ i i'iQIl," Referring to the drawing the numindicates the wardrobe section or ompartment o f'a wardrobe trunk, '9the other sec-y tion hinged thereto and 10 the improved retainer barislidably mounted medially within said Wardrobe section. The wardrobesection is of ordinary constructionyand is provided in its upperportionwith the site side and rear walls ofthe wardrobe section of thetrunk, Medial portions :l2vofv said guide members 11 arejspac'ed fromand extend parallel to the side wallsofthe compartment to accommodatethe-op'positeg e nr;

gaging portionsof the, retainer bar 10. Said g ide m m 11 a gt eirforwardends 13 are of less width than-the spaced portions 12 to perm theea yremQvaLQfi the claims, and all equivalents.

eral

by merely pushing the bar a v 3 5; Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view,taken .on

side Wall of'the trunk section to which the] guide is fastened-andspaced aparta sufli cient distance to pass over the reduced end vportion 13 of the guide to permit the easy removal of saidslide from theguide.

A spring pressed bolt member 17 slidably mounted on the inner side ofthe retainer bar adjacent the hinge 16 and projecting therefrom isadapted to automatically'swing into oneof' the boltopenings 14c oftheguide -member' 11 engaged' by the slide when the retainer bar'is swunginto the trunksection and at right angles to'said guide bar and engagethe shoulders and thus lock this end of the retainer bar in adjustedposition. 'In the event'that the bolt member when swung inwardly is notin register with one ofthe openings forming-the shoulders 14 a slightpush inwardly on this endjof the retainer bar will permit the sprin boltto snap into the opening. The inner ace portion 17' of the bolt 17 isbeveled to' permit the bolt to I automatically snap from onev guideopening to another when the retainer bar is pushed P inwardlyintogarment retaining position.

The opposite end-of the retainer bar is also provided with a spring bolt18 which'is mounted'on the front vface of said bar and is provided witha, beveled. end portion 18 which snaps into the bolt openings andengages the shoulders 14 of the adjacent guide member 11. The casing 19of said spring bolt is'formed with a projecting hook portion 20 whichhooks over the upper edge portion'of the said adjacent guide member Iand prevents endwise movement of this end ing outwardly or being .forcedinwardly 'a' of the retainer bar with relation to the guide member. 7 I

The connection of the slide and the spring lock hook portion with theopposite guide memberssecurely holds the guide members and thecompartment side walls-from bulggreater distance than is permitted bythe ad ustable feature of the retainer bar now about to be described.

The retainer bar is dividedmedially of end portions 10 itslengthand'theabutting1 d y connecte toare covered and adjusta ether bythe tubular connecting member 21.

aid connecting member 21 surrounds and is riveted to the inner endportion of the bar is connected retainer part which carries the fixedbolt and is provided with opposite side end extensions 21 which overlapthe opposite. sides of the inner end of the retainer bar part pro-,vided with the spring lock. Said retainer barinner part is providedwith a horizontally extending elongated slot 22. The slotted portion isinterposed between the and extensions 21-b the coupling member and a pinor bolt 23 extending through the slot and the end extensions permits alimited. telescoping or endwise movement of there tainer'bar partsrelative to' each other. The

tubular'portion of-the connecting member 21' extends beyond the innerend of the retainer part to which [it is connected to 7 form a socket-21- to receive the'inner end" of the other .aretainer bar part and holdboth parts locked against foldingand inealined posi-'- tion. When theslotted reta'inerbarf part is pulled outwardly sothat its inner end isout of the socket 24-it may then be dropped downwardly tofolded-position as clearly shown in Fig. 4. When thus -zfolded and;swung-to one side of-the'trunk section and l the slide memberpushedinwardly to the rear portion of the trunk's'ection the re-- tainer barwillfbe out of 'th e way and not lnterferewith the'removal orreplacement of apparel suspended .on the garment'hang-- ers. Thetelescopingslotted end portion-of the retainer bar part is reinforced bya metal covering 25.

' From the ose described. 1 I

foregoing description will be seenthat theretainer bar is of verysimple. construction and is well adapted for the pur- What I claim asmyinventionisz. 5

1. A retainer bar, comprising a bar member having a yielding'bolt memberon; one side end which is automatically moved to unlocked posltlon by aswinging movement of the'bar member and having amanually operatedyielding bolt member onits'opposite side end which locks the bar againstmovement in one direction, said bar being adjustable in one directionwithout a swing-v ing movement. r r r g 1 2. A retainer'bar, comprisinga bar member having a yielding bolt member on'one end which is 1automatically moved to -unlocked position when the barf'memben'isN-swung horizontally toward and toja pos'i- 131011 approxlm'ately parallelto; the member to which it is locked, and a manuallyoperated'bolt memberon its-opposite end which looks the} bar against movement in onedirection, said bar being adjusted-in one direction without a swingingmovement,

3. A retainer bar, comprising a'two part hinged together bar memberhaving a yielding bolt member on one'endjwhich isj auto matically movedto unlocked position when the 'bar' member is swung toward the ,mem-Tber to which it is locked,}said 'swinging movement permitting one part,of the bar member to swing to a oscition approximately at right anglesto t e other'part, and

movement.

4. The combination with a pair of spaced trunk side wallguidemembers-having looking shoulders, a retaining bar interposed betweensaid guide members and having a yielding bolt on one end which lockinglyengages the shoulders of one of the guide members against outwardmovement and which-is automatically unlocked therefrom when said bar isswung outwardly, and a manually operated'bolt membermounted on. theopposite end of the retaining bar and lockingly engaging the shouldersof the opposite guide member, said manually operated bolt member lockingthe bar against movement in one direction, said bar being adjustable inone direction without a swinging movement. 7

5. The combination with a pair of spaced trunk side wall guide membershaving looking shoulders, a retainer bar' interposed between said guidemembers and having a spring boltmounted on one endwhieh en gages theshoulders of the adjacent guide and locks said bar end against outwardmovement and which is unlocked when the bar is swung outwardly, and amanually operated spring bolt mounted .on the opposite end of theretainer bar and lockingly enga ing the, shoulders of the adjacent gu1 emember against outward movement, said bar being adjustable in onedirection without a swinging movement.

6. The combination with a pairof spaced trunk side wall guidemembers'having locking shoulders, aretainer bar interposed between saidguide members and having'a spring bolt on one end which lockingly engages the locking shoulders of one of the guide members and which isautomatically unlocked therefrom when said retainer bar is swungoutwardly, and means locking the opposite end of the retainer bar to theother guide member, said retainer bar having means on its opposite endsfor engaging the outer side portions of the guide members, said barbeing adjustable in one direction without a swinging movement.

7. The combination with a pair of spaced trunk side wall guide memershaving locking shoulders, a two part retainer bar inhaving its inner endportions which are piv otally and slidably connected together, a

vmember slidably mounted on one of the guide members and having a hingedconnection with one of the outer ends of the retainer bar, a spring boltmounted on said outer end ofsaid retainer bar and engaging the lockingshoulders thereof when swung to a position between the guide members andautomatically disengaging said shoulders when the retainer bar is'swungoutwardly, and spring bolt means for locking the other end of .saidretainer bar to the other guide member.

8. The comblnatlon with a pair of spaced trunk side wall guide membershaving looking shoulders, a two part retainer bar interposed betweensaid guide members and having inner end portions which'are pivotallyterposed between said guide members and and lockingly connectedtogether, a slide member removably mounted on one of the the guidemembers and having a hinged con nection with one of the. outer endportions of the retainer bar, a spring pressed bolt fixedly mounted onsaid outer end portion of the retainer bar and lockingly engaging theshoulders when between said guide members and automatically disengagingsaid shoulders when the retainer bar is swung outwardly, and a springbolt member mounted on the other outer end of the retainer bar andengaging the locking shoulders of the other guide member. I

9. A clothes retainer, comprising a two part retainer bar having itsinner end portions pivotally and lockingly connected to gether, aslidable member hinged to one of the outer ends of said retainer bar, aspring bolt mounted on the end of said retainer bar adjacent theslidable member, and a spring bolt mounted on the opposite end of saidthe outer ends of said retainer'bar,-a spring tainer bar, the slidablemember and the cas- 7 ing of the spring having hook like portions.v

In testimon whereof-I afiix m slgnature. GEO GE HENRY W EARY-

